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Photosensitive Epilepsy

People with photosensitive epilepsy typically have what's called a 'generalized tonic-clonic seizure.' This is also known as a convulsive seizure. ...

When Should I Call The Doctor About Epilepsy?

NOTE: Do not try to put something in the person's mouth.

Vagus Nerve Stimulation

That disrupts the unusual brain activity that causes seizures. Another theory is that triggering the nerve makes your brain send out special chemic...

Temporal Lobe Resection for Epilepsy

Temporal lobe resection, also called temporal lobectomy, is a surgery that can lower the number of seizures you have, make them less severe, or eve...

Can You Stop Taking Your Epilepsy Medicine?

With more than two dozen epilepsy medications available, you have more chances to find the right one for you. And that likelihood is often the thin...

If I Have Epilepsy, Can I Drive?

Please contact your state's DMV office for the most current information. All states allow people with epilepsy to drive. The Epilepsy Foundation al...

Epilepsy and Multiple Subpial Transection (MST)

MST also may be used as a treatment for children with Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS), a rare childhood brain disorder which causes seizures and aff...

Home Safety Tips for People with Epilepsy

It can still be easily opened, even if you fall against it. Showers with a clear-running drain are better than baths, so water doesn't build up and...

Epilepsy and Lesionectomy

Another test to assess electrical activity in the brain is EEG-video monitoring, in which video cameras are used to record seizures while the EEG m...

What is a Functional Hemispherectomy?

This type of brain surgery helps control severe seizures that come from one side of your brain. This helps your doctor figure out where in your bra...

Epilepsy and Extratemporal Cortical Resection

The largest part of the brain, the cerebrum, is divided into four paired sections, called lobes -- the frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal l...

Drug Treatments for Essential Tremor

When Essential Tremor significantly interferes with daily activities, long- term drug treatment is needed. In social situations, a person with mild...